Luxury Cars

During the launch of its second-generation Q7 at the 2015 Detroit auto show, Audi confirmed that the big SUV would eventually offer three powertrains. The list included a 252-horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4, a 333-hp supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 and a 272-hp turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6...

There’s a new 5-Series, and that means we will soon see a new B5 from semi-official BMW tuner Alpina. A prototype for the car has been spotted testing ahead of a likely debut early in 2017. We know this is the B5 and not just another prototype for BMW’s own M5 because of some signature...

Audi is one of a handful of brands at the Volkswagen Group that still develops its own platforms. It’s responsible for the MLB platform designed for larger front- and all-wheel-drive vehicles with longitudinal engines, for example the Q7 and A8, as well as the more bespoke platform found in...

The Mercedes-Benz GLA first went on sale in 2013, although it didn’t reach the United States until the following year, arriving as a 2015 model. That means it’s about due for its mid-cycle update, which will see a few minor tweaks made, as indicated by this prototype spotted near...

This may be our best look yet at the high-performance M5 model joining the rest of the seventh-generation BMW 5-Series range in 2017. Two CAD drawings allegedly revealing the front and rear design of the new M5 were obtained by the The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast. They show a design similar to the...

BMW on Wednesday unveiled a new generation of its 5-Series. Just two powertrain options have been announced for the United States so far, though neither of these will be a V-8. That doesn’t mean the new 5-Series will be without V-8 models. There will be a handful, in fact. The first that we...

Airbnb is shaking up the hotel industry with its online peer-to-peer accommodation sharing model, and soon we could see a similar service offered for cars. Car sharing already exists in many of the world’s major cities, but the cars are usually owned by a company, sometimes even an automaker...

BMW on Wednesday took the wraps off its new, seventh-generation 5-Series sedan. The car is lighter, more dynamic and loaded with more tech than its predecessor and should prove a hit when it arrives on the market in the spring of 2017. Production is already underway at BMW’s main plant in...

Mercedes-Benz has been launching hit after hit for the past few years, making it hard for rivals, even perennial luxury leader BMW, to keep up. Mercedes has catapulted to the top of the sales charts thanks to a focus on traditional values such as handsome design, plush interiors and stout...

Infiniti’s QX60 remains one of the top choices in the mid-size luxury SUV segment, thanks mostly to its standard third-row seats and reasonable starting price. However, it’s starting to get a bit long in the tooth. After all, the QX60 traces its roots back to the JX, which Infiniti...

BMW has confirmed it will unveil the new, seventh-generation 5-Series on October 13, 2016. In the lead up, the automaker has released a handful of videos previewing some of the technology that will be available on the mid-size luxury sedan (and wagon in some markets). These will include...

The major luxury automakers are working on electric cars that come close to matching their internal combustion counterparts for range. The first of these should start arriving in 2018. Some examples include production versions of the Audi e-tron Quattro, Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ and Porsche...

The Porsche Boxster and Cayman are brilliant sports cars, but they're not so different as the names might suggest — they’re basically the same car, aside from that minor roof thing. So why different names? Indeed. This year, Porsche's debugging that situation by adding a new prefix...

There are many fun jobs out there. One of them is, without a doubt, logging thousands of test miles in new vehicles. That goes double when those test miles take place at Germany's Nürburgring and you're behind the wheel of the upcoming 2018 Lexus LC 500. A YouTube user spotted the car running...

Are you a Bentley owner? Is your gas gauge swinging toward empty? Do you have the time to fill it up? It's a sad moment in your life, and you must now decide which gas station to use while hopefully avoiding interaction with the rest of society. It sounds like you're ready to get Filld. Bentley is...

Tired of watching rival brands capitalize on strong demand for luxury SUVs, Jeep is planning to launch new Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer models to take the brand into much loftier pricing territory than we’re used to seeing. Sergio Marchionne, who heads Jeep parent company Fiat Chrysler...

Mercedes-AMG was one of the first with a high-performance electric car when it introduced the SLS AMG Electric Drive at the 2012 Paris auto show. Although it wasn’t a volume model, it was a clear demonstration of the Affalterbach tuner’s proficiency in electric car development. Even...

Henrik Fisker on Tuesday launched a new car brand called Fisker, the name the Danish designer and entrepreneur used for his previous car brand, the failed Fisker Automotive. Whereas Fisker Automotive focused on extended-range electric cars, the new Fisker will focus on pure, battery-powered...

During the hubbub of last week’s 2016 Paris auto show, Jaguar said it is planning another generation of its XF Sportbrake. The automaker also released this photo of a camouflaged prototype. Motor Trend has since received confirmation that the new luxury wagon will be sold Stateside. The...

Fisker is dead. Long live Fisker. Danish designer Henrik Fisker’s previous car company Fisker Automotive may have flopped, but that hasn’t stopped the serial entrepreneur from starting a new one. No, we’re not talking about VLF, a coachbuilder Fisker formed with fellow industry...